" I know what i want and i know where im going. I dont need you telling you me who you want me to be, i can be what ive been created to be. This is my time, my carpe diem. I will find purpose and meaning in this short life ive been gifted with. I can no longer wait for your approval to do what i must do. Im not lost, i simply seek the truth for myself"
When the word addiction is used people often think of things like drugs, alcohol, sex etc. But how many of us suffer from what i like to call, approval addiction? Were always looking to other people for the answers, so afraid that we might do or say something that they wont like. (Dont get me wrong, having integrity and being accountable for our actions to others is important.) What im talking about is a compulsive, almost obsessive attachment to others opinions. This is something that has caused me a great deal of pain and frustration in my life, because i always felt like i had to gain others approval by performing for them.
This is why we must learn to simply let go of dead weight like this, attachments like this truly cause us misery and dissapointment. We must step forward in life, not in arrogance but boldness. There comes a point of surendering to divine providence for our lives, then clarity comes when its known that we dont have to perform in order to be loved and accepted.
Thats what i love about yoga, were all accepted in the classroom exactly the way we are, but were all encouraged to go farther, beyond our limitations. Personally ive learned to be content with my practice while at the same time always playing my edge, always hungry for more. This is how breakthroughs are achieved, when strength meets peace, when endurance meets joy.
This is where the dead weight of addictions can be left behind, where thay belong. Yoga, like life is a journey in wich the joy is found along the way, not in the destination. Find peace and joy today as you wander because not all who wander are lost.
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